You did that trip with a border collie? Oh my! I am impressed. The challenge, as I see it, with border collies, is to keep them occupied enough to keep them out of trouble. If they are don’t have something to do, they will think up something to do and it is usually not what you want them to do in the first place.
This morning my daughter’s b.c. didn’t return when I called. This was 0530 and I just had my robe on over my gown. I had to throw on some clothes and was grabbing the car keys, heading out the door when the rapscallion came bounding up, just full of himself. He is not getting off the leash with me ever again!
We once had a b.c./wolf mix. Great dog. However, when we came home from work once, he had managed to turn all the gas burners on the stove on. Fortunately, nothing was on the stove and nothing bad happened. Scared the bejebbers out of me, it did! Then, it was Christmas time. We did not want him to get into the presents. So, we put the presents on the top of the fridge. He was on top of the fridge, with a ribbon hanging out of his mouth when we came home that time. There would have been many more stories about him but he died early on of cancer. The short time we did know him was so eventful, he ranks among our “top dogs.”
Our Yellow Lab, Caesar seems to be recovering well from his surgery. He had a bad limp and they found a fibrous tumor on a nerve in the paw. They removed it and his limp is nearly gone.
We have five Indian Running Ducks that we got as ducklings in April. They are nearly full-sized and supposed to be Alex's "herd". They are real characters! Barb has been using a PVC pole to herd them into their cage at night. Sunday, she picked up the pole to get Caesar out of the pond and the ducks formed a line and marched smartly into their cage! She had to get a rake to get them out of the cage! Hillarious!